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A record crowd of 35 chimney sweeps from across the country is on campus for "Masonry: A Permanent Improvement," a weeklong class offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education and the Pennsylvania Guild of Professional Chimney Sweeps. This is the fourth year for the program, which is taught by Glenn R.

Eighty-seven Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes have earned Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference honors. Athletes must carry at least a 3.0 grade-point average to qualify.

Twelve Pennsylvania College of Technology winter and spring sports athletes have been honored with all-state or all-conference awards. Earning all-Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association honors were Katylyn Stupar (State College) in women's basketball, James Woodring (Waynesboro) in baseball and Beth Hoffman (East Juniata) in softball.

By Juli Reppert Student Writer/Photographer A federal work-study program administered by Pennsylvania College of Technology is helping to identify and develop part-time employment opportunities for students enrolled at the college.

The results of a pilot program being conducted at Pennsylvania College of Technology will benefit Lycoming County and its municipal police departments. Penn College Police vehicles are equipped with laptop computer equipment providing immediate access to the Pennsylvania Justice Network while officers are on patrol. With the JNET database, vital information is just a keystroke away.

ERIE − U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has announced that the Pennsylvania State Workforce Investment Board, in collaboration with Penn State, will receive a $3.75 million grant from the Department of Labor to increase business retention and growth within the plastics industry.

An episode of "You're the Chef," Pennsylvania College of Technology's public television cooking series, won a Bronze Award in the College Video Program category of the 2004 Paragon Awards competition sponsored by the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations. The award recognizes excellence in communications at community, junior and technical colleges.

David L. Evans, professor of biology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, is writing a weekly column for one publisher and has written several chapters in a textbook for another. In addition, his biography will be included in an edition of "Who's Who in Executives and Professionals." Evans was hired by Dushkin publishers to write a weekly column about homeland security.

The School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology has begun accepting students into its newest nursing major, which was approved recently by the state Board of Nursing. Students who enroll in the new major will enter as freshmen in a four-year program that leads to a bachelor-of-science degree and helps prepare them to take the registered-nurse licensing exam.

Pennsylvania College of Technology was awarded a Workforce Leadership Award recently by the state Department of Education's Bureau of Career and Technical Education. The awards are given to schools that have established a unified curriculum across two-year career and technical programs and two- and four-year postsecondary programs − also known as "2+2+2" programs.